Themes (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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How Shakespeare presents love in AMSND
How Shakespeare presents love in AMSND
Powerful, irrational force causing confusion
Device amplifying love's unpredictability
Device amplifying love's unpredictability
Love potion
Lysander quote Act 1.1: 'The course of true love...'
Lysander quote Act 1.1: 'The course of true love...'
'...never did run smoothly'
Title of play within play in AMSND
Title of play within play in AMSND
Pyramus and Thisbe
Puck's epilogue invites audience to view play as
Puck's epilogue invites audience to view play as
Dream/benign illusion
Setting that enables supernatural events
Setting that enables supernatural events
Mystical forest
Mischievous fairy causing magical mishaps
Mischievous fairy causing magical mishaps
Puck
How Helena challenges gender roles (Act 2.1)
How Helena challenges gender roles (Act 2.1)
Actively pursues Demetrius
Dreams metaphor for what in AMSND
Dreams metaphor for what in AMSND
Irrational & unpredictable nature of love
Bottom's reaction to enchantment (Act 4.1)
Bottom's reaction to enchantment (Act 4.1)
'I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what'